If you needed any more proof that Super Mario 64 is one of the greatest games of all time, just check out the response to a YouTuber cracking an 18-year-old mystery in the Nintendo classic.

Gamer pannenkoek2012 has released a video where he finally manages to get hold of a coin, which many Mario 64 fans believed was impossible to collect.

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The so-called Impossible Coin had taxed the minds of the games biggest fans for many years as it was only visible from certain camera angles and appeared to be placed in an unreachable area due to a string of glitches.

However, pannenkoek2012 finally cracked it last month ("there's a single frame when Mario is able to jump. I take advantage of this by jumping and kicking in order to move myself towards the coin and collect it") and the response from fans has been brilliant.

This is the internet so obviously there were a few dissenting voices as well.

"THIS WILL BLOW THE MINDS OF THE... 5 people who actually care about SM64 anymore," wrote Skazzy31.

shimmy198417 joked: "Excuse me OP, but I must acquaint to having collected this ring back in 1997 and having posted my results on Reddit.com immediately after. Please check the reddit archives for further evidence!ï»¿"